POLB80H3 Lecture 2: Lecture 1 Review + Brief History of World Events
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A why question warrants a because answer. Aimed at ending the religious wars that have consumed the continent of europe (e. g. catholics, protestants, etc. ) As the competition between borders intersected with exploration of the rest of the world, slavery, subjugation & slaughter occurred. Purpose of colonialism: to feed the competition in europe between nations for who has the most e. g. land, resources, etc. Countries would determine if they went to war: not religions. State bureaucracies began to be built through taxation (for weapons) + conscription (for human resources) = what made the state strong; war made state & the state made war . Official way of maintaining balance in europe. Stealing: financing european state formation, the old school way. Sykes-picot 1915: uk, france & russia come to a secret agreement to divide the arab world into their private spheres of influence.
